The essence of the proposal is to allow people from countries with low levels of infection with the Coronavirus, as well as those who have already received two doses of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved vaccine, to enter the European Union without restrictions (quarantine, PCR test). In addition, it will be up to member states to decide whether to allow vaccines that have been approved “only” by the World Health Organization (WHO) with emergency approval. The Russian Sputnik V and Chinese Sinopharm vaccines have not yet been approved by the EMA, but the WHO has agreed.
It is important for you to know that the Commission’s proposal today differs from what it has been proposing for a few weeks now: In order to promote travel within the European Union, it proposed a digital green card to allow member states to travel among themselves as mandatory. Quarantine and polymerase chain reaction testing without helping to solidify the summer vacation season and aid the archaic tourism sector in the southern states.
As stated in Bloomberg Article 2 states: Under today’s proposal, people from three different groups will be accepted into the European Union After going through the EU decision-making process (which the Commission hopes will continue in May):
- People with an EU digital green card can enter the European Union (these cards will, in practice, be issued to EU citizens under the June-July regulations)
- People from outside the European Union who have been vaccinated with a full dose of the EMA-approved vaccine, or a type of vaccine approved by the World Health Organization, if authorized by a member state. The European Commission will soon publish a list of countries whose certificates of protection can be accepted to join the European Union.
- For people from outside the European Union where the epidemic is under control. This means that the number of confirmed infections in the last 14 days is 100 per 100,000 people (so far it has been 25).
It is very important to commission Today’s proposal emphasizes: Be prepared for the potential rapid deterioration of the coronavirus epidemic due to mutations and be able to respond to this by regulating entry from outside the union. This is done by means of a so-called emergency brake function will make it possible to prevent the worrisome virus mutations from entering the European Union as quickly as possible. Politico He indicates, on the basis of the background note issued by the Commission issued today, that the Commission has so far proposed easing the strict restrictions on entry to only 7 countries (Australia, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand and, in the case of reciprocity, China). If the proposal presented today is adopted, Israeli citizens will be able to travel (high vaccination with the EMA-approved vaccine, which is a controlled epidemic).
On the other hand, Serbian citizens who have been vaccinated with Russian and Chinese vaccines will not be able to enter because the high vaccination rate in our southern neighbor is close to 100 and the number of new cases per 100,000 people approaches from the top, but the two cases have not been approved by the EMA vaccines. Some member states may decide to accept vaccines from Serbia that have been vaccinated with such a vaccine in light of the vaccines already accepted by the World Health Organization). The Chinese and the British are also allowed to enter the European Union on a reciprocal basis, and Americans will need to have a single vaccination card to comply with the European Union’s data protection and security standards, which are already negotiated between the United States and the European Union. European Union. special Authorities.
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